SAETERSDAL  , a

district in the south of Norway, comprising the valleys of the Otter river and its tributaries . The river rises in the fjelds above the Bukken Fjord, and flows south to Christiansund . The natives preserve old customs and an individual costume . A railway follows the valley to Byglands Fjord (48 m.), on the lake of that name, fostering the local agricultural and timber trade, and a driving road continues to Viken i Valle from which bridle-paths lead to Dalen in Telemarken, and over the Enden and Malen fjelds to Lake Suldal on the Bratlandsdal route .